Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT
ManilaEN BANC
GR No. L-47741 April 28, 1941 THE PEOPLE OF THE THE PHILIPPINES, plainti an! app"ll"", #$ SANTIAGO S. %ELAS&'E(, !")"n!ant an! app"llant. Vicente D. Bengzon for appellant. Mr. Attorney General Assistant Attorney Ozaeta Mr. Cuyugan in representation of the Government. HORRILLENO, J.:
T*" pr"$"nt pr"$"nt +a$" in#ol#"$ in#ol#"$ onl a att"r o) la. la. H"n+" t*" Honora/l" 0ort o) App"al$ *a$ +"rti"! to t*i$ $p"riorit. T*at 3"$tion 3"$tion i$ t*i$ In #i" o) t*" )a+t$ a!itt"! / t*" app"llant, app"llant, *"t*"r *"t*"r or not t*" $a" i$ )on! 5ilt o) "/"66l""nt o) p/li+ )n!$, !"n"! an! pni$*"! / Arti+l" 227 o) t*" R"#i$"! P"nal 0o!". In t*" ori5inal rlin5 o) t*" lo"r +ort t*" )olloin5 )a+t$ Toar!$ Toar!$ t*" p"rio! )ro )ro S"pt"/"r 9, 197 197 to "+"/"r , , 198, t*" app"llant app"llant a$ a p/li+ o:+ial, *o *"l! t*" po$ition o) a$$i$tant +a$*i"r at t*" pro#in+ial tr"a$r tr"a$r o) Pan5a$inan, it* o:+" in t*" ton o) Lin5a"n in t*" $a" pro#in+".
In that time, the appellant, in his capacity of assistant cashier of Pangasinan provincial treasury, received inthe ton of !ingayen, municipal treasuries of Malasi"ui, #ayug, #ayug, Binalonan, $an %uintin, Rosales and Manaoag,various amounts of money amounting to the total sum of P&, '(&)*+, ithout any receipt issued by the aforementionedamounts) aforementionedamounts) #hese funds funds ere the Red Cross, the Anti-#uberculo Anti-#uberculous us and Boy $couts)
T*" "+"/"r , 198,!"l"5at"$ a!itor$, ;"$$r$. 1.2, t*" app"llant +ol! not "?plain. So t*i$, on$"#"ral o++a$ion$, )ro "+"/"r 9, 198 ntil @anar >, 199, a$ pai! to t*" pro#in+ial tr"a$r o) t*" !")ra!"!aont Pan5a$inan. On app"al, t*" app"llant ar5"$ t*at t*" aont$ "r" not i$appropriat"! p/li+ )n!$, $o o +an not n! !")"n!ant 5ilto) t*" +ri". Ha#in5 a!itt"! t*at *" *a! r"+"i#"! t*" aont$ in 3"$tion, in t*" p"r)oran+" o) t*"ir o:+ial $"#"ral ni+ipal tr"a$ri"$+*ar5" o) t*i$ pro#in+", t*" aont$ "ntion"! ar" p/li+ )n!$, it *a$ to an$"r, a++or!in5 to Arti+l" >9 o) t*" R"#i$"!A!ini$trati#" 0o!", *i+* pro#i!"$ ART. >9. Disposition of funds collected by public ocials. - E?+"pt a$ ot*"ri$" $p"+iall pro#i!"!, $t a++ont)or all )n!$ o:+iall r"+"i#"! / a p/li+ o:+ial in an +apa+it or on an o++a$ion, a$ 5o#"rn"nt )n!$. T*i$ 0ort r"p"at"!l *a$ alr"a! !"+i!"! t*at *"n a p/li+ o:+ial r"+"i#"$ an on", )or $a)"=""pin5, t*" +*ara+t"r$a+3ir"! p/li+ )n!$ GR No. 44, "+"/"r 17, 197, P"opl" v. 0a$tro, GR No. 41747, A5$t !". 19B,P"opl" vs. Si/lo, RG No. #"$%#&. A5. 7, 199C. In #i" o) t*"$" !"+i$ion$, it i$ +l"ar t*at t*" app"llant, to r"+"i#" t*"aont o) P1, 7>1.2, *i+* )n!$ "r" DR"! 0ro$$D, t*" DAnti-T/"r+lo$D an! D
